'You don't need Tom Wolfe to tell
you that the Buckhead section of Atlanta is the jewel of the city, an area of gracious homes, elegant
hotels and shopping centers, as well as some of the best restaurants.' – Florence Fabricant,
New York Times

"Buckhead is the shopping mecca of the Southeast,
with more than 1,400 retail units and in excess of $1 billion a year in sales.
Forty percent of Buckhead's shoppers come from more than 100 miles away."
–Atlanta Business Chronicle

The Robb Report
rated Buckhead one of the USA's 10 "Top Affluent Communities" for "some of the most beautiful mansions, best shopping and finest
restaurants in the southeastern United States."

Steve Palm of Smart
Numbers, a real estate tracking firm, says, "Appreciation is getting out
of control. Atlanta is going nuts. The people who want to live in Buckhead will
pay anything." -- The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution

Buckhead is one of the
"nation's best subcities," according to a report on
America's top cities. "Emerging Trends in Real Estate"
(sponsored by Lend Lease Real Estate Investments and PricewaterhouseCoopers)
compared the area's vibrant residential-commercial mix and 24-hour flavor to San
Francisco, New York and Boston."Buckhead, where
affluence, prosperity and entertainment commingle, is one of Atlanta's most
attractive business areas.

Despite the highest real estate costs in metro
Atlanta, businesses are so bewitched by Buckhead that the vacancy rates are the
lowest in the region." -- Atlanta Business Chronicle

Atlanta ranked No. 1 among
U.S. metropolitan areas as the best place for women and minorities to climb the
business ladder, according to Demographics Daily's business-diversity
index.

Bid from your heart: CauseLink.com lets you support your favorite
charity
by participating in online auctions. The site was created in 1999 by a group of Buckhead residents and now helps hundreds of nonprofit organizations across the
nation raise funds.
The Atlanta Bicycle Campaign is working to establish a bike lane network
linking neighborhoods and major activity centers in Buckhead. To get involved,
join the Buckhead BUG (Bicycle User Group). Contact Kevin McCauley kpmccauley@netscape.net
or phone 404-531-0006 or Mike McLeod mamcleod@us.ibm.com
or phone 404-842-1791 or check out the ABC Web site at www.AtlantaBike.org

The Buckhead Community Improvement District (CID) is working to
redesign the Peachtree Road corridor through Buckhead to improve the
pedestrian environment, create better access to transit and improve traffic
flow. The image above, courtesy of the Buckhead CID, shows a proposed
redesign of the Buckhead MARTA station.

The image at
left, also courtesy of the CID, shows the proposed greening of
Peachtree .

A joint venture between the
Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau and MARTA could bring a tourist
trolley to Buckhead. The official title is the Atlanta Attraction
Transportation Link, or ATL for short. Several routes are being planned to
circulate tourists throughout the city. One route might originate from the the
Lenox MARTA station and take tourists to the Atlanta History Center and Buckhead Village. The system will feature natural gas-powered trolley buses,
each able to carry 28 passengers. The buses will run seven days a week from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m.
The revived Buckhead
Village Merchants Association is working to improve the Village's image.
Members are targeting litter, working with police to control traffic and
debating beautification proposals.
PEDS,
Pedestrians Educating Drivers on Safety, is a grass-roots group
dedicated to making Atlanta's streets and sidewalks safer and more accessible. A Buckhead demonstration drew attention to the new Galyan's store across from Phipps Plaza that offered no entrances from the
sidewalk, forcing walkers to go though the parking garage to gain entry. To
learn more about PEDS and pedestrian issues, visit www.peds.org
To celebrate its 70th
anniversary, Harry Norman, Realtors, has published "An Anniversary
Celebration of Seventy Homes" featuring some of Atlanta's most
beautiful houses. Text is by Atlanta historian William R. Mitchell Jr.
The book is available at H. Stockton and B.D. Jeffries locations, or by calling
(404) 705-6954, ext. 5120. Proceeds will benefit the Atlanta Botanical Garden
and the Southern Architecture Foundation.
'Feel safe in Buckhead': Emergency
phonesTwenty emergency 911 telephone call boxes are
located throughout Buckhead's main business district. The units operate 24 hours a day and
provide direct links to police, fire and medical assistance. They are easily identifiable
by their bright yellow covers and fluorescent blue signs. They automatically register the
caller's location.

Land use experts imagine a pedestrian-friendly Buckhead in a new planning
guide.

BUCKHEAD HISTORYThe "Case of the Missing Bride," Mary Shotwell Little's disappearance in 1965
catches fire again in a new Atlanta Journal-Constitution article that opens old
FBI files and cites previously undisclosed witnesses in Buckhead's most enduring
mystery. Also see Buckhead.net's 1965 account from
"The Detective Who Never Forgot" and photos.Councilwoman Clair Muller has
proposed building a two-lane parkway through Bobby Jones Golf Course connecting
Northside Drive and Peachtree Road to relieve neighborhood streets of crosstown
traffic. The golf course would be redesigned and reduced to nine holes or
eliminated. Some private property also might have to be acquired for the road,
which would parallel Collier Road on the north and connect with Peachtree near
the Brookwood Square shopping center. The Colonial Homes apartments also might
be impacted.Swan House, the
Philip Schutze-designed architectural gem at the Atlanta History Center has reopened after a $5.45 million restoration. Rooms previously closed
are now open.Take the Buckhead
shuttle: The Buc, the new free Buckhead shuttle bus service, connects MARTA's Lenox and Buckhead
stations to hotels, office buildings, shops, restaurants, Phipps Plaza and Lenox
Square. The name is an acronym for Buckhead's Uptown
Connection. The shuttle runs every 8-15 minutes between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. Monday
through Friday on a five-mile loop.Architectural historian
William Mitchell has published a collector's reprint of the 1931
"Southern Architecture Illustrated," featuring some of Atlanta's most
famous homes. For information, contact the Southern Architecture Foundation
at 404-733-6565.Atlanta Police Zone 2
headquarters is now at 3620 Maple Drive, closer to the heart of Buckhead.
The
city no longer will pick up bulk trash left at the curb unless you call
404-330-6333 to schedule a pickup.
A signature boulevard

The Peachtree Corridor
Project is changing Peachtree Road through the heart of Buckhead. For a look
into the future, click on each the photos above and visit BATMA's Web
site. In addition, a larger safety improvement program aims to make 23
Buckhead intersections safer for pedestrians. The program is being funded by a
federal safety grant and matching funds raised by the Buckhead Community
Improvement District.
Quality of life matters: Two Buckhead groups are
putting their dollars behind efforts to make our district cleaner and greener. BATMA is offering $20 worth of gas a month to carpoolers. For
details, click here.And the Buckhead Coalition is offering to
help businesses and residents pay the cost of planting trees on private property. Call 404-233-2228,
fax 404-812-8222 or write the coalition at 3340 Peachtree Road, Suite 560,
Atlanta, GA 30326.If you think you know
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